Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent, België

Nieuw werk van Folke Köbberling & Martin Kaltwasser in Berlijn

White Trash
November 25 to December 18, 2008

Karl-Marx-Straße (Close to the “Saalbau Neukölln”—at street number
141 and the “Karl-Marx-Straße” U-Bahn station)

An SUV (sport utility vehicle) will be reconstructed using light-coloured wood and then parked on the central reservation in Karl-Marx-Straße in Neukölln. Over the course of four weeks, this reconstruction of the huge, tank-like Audi Q7 will occupy a number of parking spots. The exposure to the natural elements will cause the wooden structure to swell up, warp and gradually degrade to become white trash.
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This piece by Folke Köbberling and Martin Kaltwasser focuses on the way public spaces have become dominated by selfish drivers and a transport policy that seeks to satisfy these drivers. A measure of this problem is the huge increase in the numbers of SUVs on the roads, despite CO_2 and particulate matter pollution issues.
The artists have been dealing with the conditions of urban living in their projects since 2002, and they call upon us to go back to the idea of the city as a resource. By using materials that they have found, they offer a critique of the wastefulness inherent in capitalism. /

uit een aankondiging van Folke Kobberling

Kobberling en Kaltwasser zullen in Vooruit te gast zijn tijdens the game is up! 09

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